I met two calligraphers of great value, the two main representatives of calligraphy in Mongolia. Two different ages and characters, a lot of styles and a lot of similarities.Fifty-year-old Batbayr translated the ‘style’ and portions of my work. He dedicates the following sentence to me: “Bruno, son of the heavens”(which are for them information, cosmic order, purity of intentions, a controlling influence….) Thirty-five-year-old Battumur is surprised at my manner of writing fast in a trance-like condition; he’s curious, he doesn’t know the effects of colour and the magic of calligraphy; he asks me if I can be his teacher! I answer him that I would be happy to be his pupil, just in case. We say goodbye by touching our foreheads, with a prayer and a blessing to the heavens. Perugia. 2000 ‘International Sculpture Symposium 2000′, Hojer, Denmark. 1998 ‘The Performing Sculptors of Italy’, Philadelphia, USA. ain representatives of calligraphy in Mongolia. Two different ages and characters, a lot of styles and a lot of similarities. Fifty-year-old Batbayr translated the ‘style’ and portions of my work. He dedicates the following sentence to me: “Bruno, son of the heavens”(which are for them information, cosmic order, purity of intentions, a controlling influence….) Thirty-five-year-old Battumur is surprised at my manner of writing fast in a trance-like condition; he’s curious, he doesn’t know the effects of colour and the magic of calligraphy; he asks me if I can be his teacher! I answer him that I would be happy to be his pupil, just in case. We say goodbye by touching our foreheads, with a prayer and a blessing to the heavens. They have plans for the future: exhibitions and events in Japan, the USA, and Europe.

It’s 14 years since Mongolia became independent: openness is everywhere as well as dependence and contamination; the West and the developed countries nearby (Korea, China, Russia, Japan) colonise the emotions and the markets, impose consumerist needs. What we call tradition exists and is strong and present. It affects a lot of fields: art, customs, rituals, the interest for history, the past. Yet it is harmony that dominates everything: the sense of stillness, of belonging and peace that is present especially outside the chaotic capital, Ulaan Baatar.